[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 179 (Monday, September 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52144-52145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20273]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3820-000]


Aclara Meters, LLC; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project 
Operation

    On March 29, 2019, Aclara Meters, LLC, licensee for the Somersworth 
Hydroelectric Project No. 3820, filed an application for Surrender of 
License. The Somersworth Hydroelectric Project is located on the Salmon 
Falls River in Strafford County, New Hampshire, and York County, Maine.
    The license for Project No. 3820 was issued for a period ending 
August 31, 2021. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 808(a)(1), 
requires the Commission, at the expiration of a license term, to issue 
from year-to-year an annual license to the then licensee(s) under the 
terms and conditions of the prior license until a new license is 
issued, or the project is otherwise disposed of as provided in section 
15 or any other applicable section of the FPA. If the project's prior 
license waived the applicability of section 15 of the FPA,

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then, based on section 9(b) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 
U.S.C. 558(c), and as set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the licensee of 
such project has filed an application for a subsequent license, the 
licensee may continue to operate the project in accordance with the 
terms and conditions of the license after the minor or minor part 
license expires, until the Commission acts on its application. If the 
licensee of such a project has not filed an application for a 
subsequent license, then it may be required, pursuant to 18 CFR 
16.21(b), to continue project operations until the Commission issues 
someone else a license for the project or otherwise orders disposition 
of the project.
    If the project is subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is 
hereby given that an annual license for Project No. 3820 is issued to 
Aclara Meters, LLC for a period effective September 1, 2021 through 
August 31, 2022 or until the issuance of a new license for the project 
or other disposition under the FPA, whichever comes first. If issuance 
of a new license (or other disposition) does not take place on or 
before August 31, 2022, notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 18 CFR 
16.18(c), an annual license under section 15(a)(1) of the FPA is 
renewed automatically without further order or notice by the 
Commission, unless the Commission orders otherwise.
    If the project is not subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is 
hereby given that Aclara Meters, LLC is authorized to continue 
operation of the Somersworth Hydroelectric Project, until such time as 
the Commission takes final action on the application for Surrender of 
License.

    Dated: September 14, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20273 Filed 9-17-21; 8:45 am]
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